POLI 101 Lecture Notes - Lecture 17: Bloc Québécois, Quebec Nationalism, Western Alienation In Canada
2 Nov 2016
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Fragility of french language in north america basis of quebecois nationalism: perceived risk. Governments of quebec oscillate between two views on how to best protest french language independence or autonomy within canada. Provincially in quebec two major parties are parti quebecois (separatist) and liberal. Federally, between 1993 and 2011 majority of federal seats have gone to the bloc. Quebec uses first past the post system, meaning that government never speaks for a majority of quebecers. Que(cid:271)e(cid:272) elites wa(cid:374)t to (cid:374)egotiate with (cid:862)e(cid:374)glish ca(cid:374)ada(cid:863) (cid:271)ut does (cid:374)ot i(cid:374)stitutio(cid:374)ally exist. Quebecois elites in both lpq and pq want to limit power of federal government over. Quebec (very different from western alienation which seeks to legitimize federal decision making) Contest between federal and provincial governments in quebec is about who has legitimate authority to act as guardian of the french language. Language politics in canada (cid:862)bili(cid:374)gual (cid:271)elt(cid:863) (cid:396)u(cid:374)s f(cid:396)o(cid:373) mo(cid:374)(cid:272)to(cid:374), new b(cid:396)u(cid:374)swi(cid:272)k to ault te marie, ontario.
